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James McWilliams is a hard guy to figure out. For more than five years, he's been cranking out contrarian essays that take aim at sustainable food's sacred cows: pastured livestock, organic produce, local food and, yes, even farmers markets. The usual takeaway is that those deeply held hipster and yuppie beliefs are dead wrong — and here's why, suckaaaahs. It's the kind of thing certain editors eat up, knowing McWilliams' provocations will get a zillion Internet clicks. But while contrarian essays may play well in the land of page views, they don't always fare so well in terms of accuracy. In a 2009 New York Times op-ed, McWilliams infamously...

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James McWilliams is a hard guy to figure out.
For more than five years, he's been cranking out contrarian essays that take aim at sustainable food's sacred cows: pastured livestock, organic produce, local food and, yes, even farmers markets.
The usual...

Russia on Thursday began rolling out a sweeping embargo on food imports from the United States, members of the European Union and allied nations in response to those countries' economic sanctions for Moscow's aggressiveness in Ukraine.
Prime Minister...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Downers Grove. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and the...

For a few precious summer months, the food industry buzzes with three words -Copper River salmon. The coveted fish is believed to be the world's best and a feature among Chicago's top restaurants.
While difficult to obtain in the Midwest, Parkers'...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Lake Forest. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and the...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Hinsdale and Oak Brook. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Naperville. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and the...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Wilmette and Kenilworth. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Winnetka and Glencoe. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Oak Park. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and the...

With the launch of her new restaurant and catering business, Carla Trombetta has realized her dream of bringing her family recipes to the marketplace with Carla's Place (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carlas-Place/1403312689953938). Located at 6838 W...

South Elgin, Ill., March 20, 2014…McCloud Services, a leading pest management company that protects more than half of the largest food-related brands nationwide, recently contributed to Pest Control Technology’s “PCT Guide to Commercial Pest...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Park Ridge. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and the...

Today Factor 75, the personal chef service that has reshaped convenience food into a healthy and nutritious staple, announced that they are now delivering meals to Highland Park. After launching in 2013, Factor 75 has gained traction in Chicago and the...

Dick Portillo is ready to slow down a bit after 51 years in the hot dog business and thinks his namesake restaurant chain can continue to thrive in the right hands.
The Portillo Restaurant Group is looking for a potential buyer for the Portillo's...

Public health: "The decline of 'home ec' for kids equals a decline in cooking," says Sam Kass, executive director of Let's Move! and senior policy adviser for nutrition policy at the White House. First lady Michelle Obama will focus on cooking...

Steven LaVoie had a vision for transforming freight traffic across the country and called it ArrowStream. Within months of forming the company, he hired technology expert Tony DeFrances to help him build his dream.
Fourteen years later, former colleagues...

Jim Beam maker Beam Suntory Inc. said on Tuesday that food industry executive Tim Hassett is set to become the president of its North America business at the end of the month.
Hassett, 50, spent the last decade at Campbell Soup Co., most recently as...

The average high school student is incredibly busy. When the first school buses arrive at 7:00 a.m., students start to prepare for their day. Between homework, extra curricular activities, athletics, and an after school job, students are constantly on the...

The latest food scandal in China is spreading fast, dragging in U.S. coffee chain Starbucks, Burger King Worldwide Inc and others, as well as McDonald's products as far away as Japan.
At the center is Aurora-based meat supplier OSI Group, which...